Biodiversity: All the colors of the rainbow
Credit: Frank Glaw (ZSM/LMU) The diversity of Madagascar is unique. More than 420 reptile species are already known from this...
The dinosaur menu, as revealed by calcium
Credit: Auguste Hassler / LGL-TPE / CNRS-ENS de Lyon-Lyon 1 University By studying calcium in fossil remains in deposits in...
New gadgets help reveal the collective behavior of wild animals
Credit: Dr Andrew King/Swansea University An international team of scientists led by Swansea University biologists describe how novel technologies are...
Animated short created to raise public awareness about liver failure
11 April 2018, Paris, France: An animated short-film produced by the ALIVER consortium titled "Life After Liver Failure", premieres tomorrow...
The brain combats dementia by shifting resources
Credit: provided by Baycrest Health Sciences The brain continues to put up a fight even as neurodegenerative diseases like dementia...
Unusual climate during Roman times plunged Eurasia into hunger and disease
Credit: Samuli Helama / Natural Resources Institute Finland A recent study published in an esteemed academic journal indicates that volcanic...
Cancer genetic mutations not all treatable: System to rank relevance of mutations needed
Lugano, Switzerland, April 11, 2018 - ESMO, the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, welcomes the latest reports from The...
Most primitive kangaroo ancestor rediscovered after 30 years in obscurity
Credit: Richard Tedford A handful of tiny teeth have led scientists to identify the most distant ancestor of today's kangaroos....
Swansea scientists discover greener way of making plastics
Credit: European Regional Development Fund Researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University have found a way...
MIPT delivers world’s first biosensor chips based on copper and graphene oxide
Credit: Lion_on_Helium/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have developed biosensor chips of unprecedented...
Surprising discovery: Sweet tooth gene connected with less body fat
People with a gene variation of FGF21 have a predisposition to less body fat than others, new research conducted at...
Synchrotron science could give soybeans a boost
Scientists at the University of Liverpool, together with Japanese colleagues, have gained new insight into how soil bacteria sense and...
Research gives new understanding of 17th century Scottish natural history
Credit: Lee Raye In a new paper published in the Royal Society Journal of the History of Science: Notes and...
Scientists to build the avian tree of life
Credit: Andre Moncrieff, LSU Birds are the only surviving descendants of dinosaurs. Birds also are used to study a large...
Alcoholic liver disease replaces hepatitis C infection as the leading cause of liver transplantation in patients without hepatocellular carcinoma in the USA
11 April 2018, Paris, France: Two independent studies have today reported that alcoholic liver disease has now replaced hepatitis C...
Inequalities in dental health are most evident in young children
Credit: Photo by Sahlgrenska Academy Inequalities in dental health are most evident in 3 to 6-year-old children, according to a...
Nasal mist vaccine suppresses peanut allergy in mice
McLean, VA (April 11, 2018) - A vaccine delivered as an ultrafine nasal spray was found to limit or prevent...
Lauren Sciences LLC awarded third grant for LAUR-301 from The ALS Association
New York, N.Y., April 11, 2018 -- Lauren Sciences LLC, the private New York biotechnology company developing transformative V-Smart® Nanomedicines...
Pepper plant sops up personal care product antibiotic
It sometimes can be hard to find toothpastes, soaps and other toiletries without antibiotics. Their popularity has caused an increase...
Geneticist Dr. Judith G. Hall earns Rimoin Lifetime Achievement Award from ACMG Foundation
Credit: ACMG Foundation Esteemed medical geneticist Judith G. Hall, MD, FACMG, is the recipient of the 2018 ACMG Foundation for...
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